Friday, August 30, 2013

Penelope and Odysseus-Fidelity Unbounded

Odysseus was a Greek hero whose exploits, including his
role in the Trojan War, were immortalized by the poet Homer in The Odyssey.

He was ruler of an island nation called Ithaca in the eighth century BC.  Sharing his household were his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus, The faithfulness of Penelope in remaining true to her husband during his twenty years absence has set the bar pretty high for fidelity. I don't think too many romances could touch that, certainly not in modern times.

 Are Odysseus and Penelope real or are they legend? It's
up for debate. A team of modern day Greek archaeologists believe they have unearthed...READ ENTIRE POST HERE

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